Sites, Applications, Solutions since 1995

PsyPhi Network Web Solutions

I build and run scalable, fault-tolerant web systems for the Sanger Institute, one of Europe's largest publicly funded research companies. I also build applications and systems for other people, out of hours, using standards-based open-source solutions.

My background is in pure computer science and web systems. See the portfolio for some of my projects and services for more information on the services I'm able to provide.

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Apache Forward-Proxy REMOTE_ADDR propagation

Posted by rmp on 2008-09-30 10:57:10

I had an interesting problem this morning with the Apache forward-proxy supporting the WTSI sequencing farm.

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14 Mac OSX Apps I can't do without

Posted by rmp on 2008-05-16 11:49:07

I recently did a clean installation of my ppc powerbook, about 3 or 4 years' old. I was able to surreptitiously acquire a copy of Leopard , not yet officially supported by the systems group at Sanger . Moving from Panther this was a bit of a jump but everything went pretty smoothly. I chose to do a clean installation rather than an upgrade because I had so much cruft on the laptop I only wanted to be left with the things I actually used.

Reinstalling my non-O/S applications afterwards (especially those which I'd been version-marooned on, not being on the more common Tiger release) made me really appreciate the ones I actually use. In the order they're on my taskbar (no particular order) here are the apps I can't do without:

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